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management of Christie’s International PLC

James Christie II (1773–1831) assumed management of the auction house after his father’s death in 1803, becoming an expert on ancient Greek and Italian vases and sculpture. In 1823 the firm moved to 8 King’s Street, St. James’s Square (vacated only from 1941 to 1953 because of war damage), where its headquarters remained into the 21st century. After the younger Christie’s death, his two...